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Combination showing Elon Musk (L), Gautam Adani (C), and Jensen Huang (R) Reuters A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. On Sept. 29, 1916, newspapers across the country announced a wealth […]
Read MoreIn his new book, Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerberg and says he ‘got along well’ with Putin
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the NRA ILA Leadership Forum at the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 18, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images In a new book of photographs, former President Donald Trump describes his term in […]
Read MoreCNBC Daily Open: Everyone’s waiting for Nvidia
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading in New York on August 23, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, […]
Read MoreMark Zuckerberg says White House ‘pressured’ Meta to ‘censor’ Covid-19 content
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis,” in Dirksen building on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Biden administration “pressured” Facebook parent Meta to “censor” content related to Covid-19, the social media […]
Read MoreMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg receives letter from lawmakers concerned about illicit drug ads on Facebook and Instagram
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during an interview on “The Circuit with Emily Chang” at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, US, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. Jason Henry | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bipartisan group of lawmakers sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter on Thursday expressing concern that […]
Read MoreEx-Google CEO Eric Schmidt sees Nvidia as big AI winner: ‘You know what to do in the stock market’
Eric Schmidt, who led Google for a decade, told Stanford students that, while he’s not one to give investment advice, he sees an obvious play in the stock market that doesn’t involve buying shares of his former employer. Schmidt said, in a video that was posted by Stanford this week and subsequently removed, that big […]
Read MoreInstagram is failing to crack down on hate speech against women politicians as elections near, advocacy group says
Instagram has failed to remove toxic comments directed at Vice President Kamala Harris and other leading female politicians from its app as the 2024 election nears, according to research from the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The non-profit advocacy is analyzing large internet platforms to see if they’re properly monitoring their sites for hate speech. […]
Read More$1 trillion wipeout: Market rout punishes mega-cap tech
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on July 31, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images As U.S. markets opened for trading on Monday, tech’s mega-cap companies lost about $1 trillion in market cap, deepening a downturn that sent the Nasdaq into correction territory last week. Nvidia […]
Read MoreTech stocks wrap up steepest three-week slump in two years, led by plunge in Amazon and Intel
Signage outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on March 23, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images With second-quarter earnings from tech’s mega-cap companies largely in the rearview mirror, one thing is clear: Wall Street is nervous. The Nasdaq slumped 3.4% this week, bringing its three-week slide to 8.8%. It’s the worst performance […]
Read MoreApple is spending more on AI, but remains far behind its Silicon Valley peers
Apple CEO Tim Cook opens WWDC 2024 in Cupertino, California, on June 10, 2024. Source: Apple The topic of greatest interest to analysts on Apple’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday was a product that’s not even available to the general public yet. Apple Intelligence, the company’s forthcoming artificial intelligence system, could spur a fresh cycle […]
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